Show Infant Death Rate by Accident High New York Two York Two thousand infants less th than ln a year old are killed each year in accidents a survey reported report report- ed In the statistical bulletin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company compa compa- ny reveals Mechanical suffocation suffocation suffocation cation in too-heavy too bedclothes or in ina in ina Ina a too-soft too pillow pillow pillow-is is responsible for tor forthe forthe the deaths of nearly two-fifths two of the babies who are killed accidentally accidentally accidentally accident accident- ally the report declares The 2000 de deaths work out to 97 accidental deaths for every babies born alive in the United States C Canada reports also a high rate although their fate rate is comp lra lively lower 76 70 per High accidental de death rates among negro babies act to boost the total for the United States as lS a whole The high accidental death r rate for infants has been overlooked In the past because of the higher mortalIty mortality mortal mortal- ity from disease the report points out Accidents to infants should be a matter of n national ll concern it is argued for every year more than 2000 babies are killed in accidents of one kind or another more another more than die in an average year from rom measles mea mea- ales scarlet fever and diphtheria I combined Other accidents involving in infants Include suffocation from rom swallow v ug g foreign objects such as safety pins burns and scalds falls from rom cribs and poisonous substances and fire No significant improvement Inthis in inthis this rate has been recorded during the P past 15 years the survey con con- eludes |